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Originally Posted by chris31
Wow, if it is less than a grand that is amazing. Especially considering the value of them and the relative cost to wells and other ways of getting water. I am interested in how much fuel it takes to run one and how economical it is to require the burning of some fuel to produce water. While water is essential to life, it does not mean that these people who need these the most have the money and access to fossil fuels.
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Dean also gave a speech about this setup at the WPI Robotics Symposium last fall. First of all, the water filtration system is designed to be inexpensive, but the power is supplied by another system in the same project (which I am surprised he didn't mention), which is designed to generate power from ANY flammable material. I dont remember the workings (i think it was a stirling engine), but the package was designed to be distributed to third world villages at low cost (hopefully by a humanitarian organization), and run off of any water source and farm wastes. Honestly, I dont mind him not mentioning FIRST when he discusses this, IMHO its on a completely different level.